Singer-Songwriter April Barrows survived the sixties in San Francisco. When
she graduated from high school she got her musician's union card, but had
to work to support her younger sister. A few years later, she ran away to
Nashville to be a musician. She struggled for recognition as a sideman,
then spent several frustrating years writing jazz songs in the home of country
music. Today, however, April is celebrating her first national release and
a multi-record deal with Kokopelli Records. Indeed, listening to April Barrows'
story it begins to sound like one of the songs that regularly emanate from
her adopted home, Nashville. April's life- and her compositions- are much
deeper than that. Her debut release, My Dream is You, features two cover
tunes (a Duke Ellington piece and a Nat King Cole song) as well as ten originals.
It is her originals - a rich blend of immensely contemporary lyrics and
solidly rooted swing melodies - that make April stand apart from other newcomers
on the music scene.